It added he was given it “by someone unrelated to his team or association”.
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The statement also said O’Reilly apologised to his fellow boxers, team-mates, the Irish Athletic Boxing Association, Sport Ireland, the Olympic Council of Ireland and “all those who have supported” him.
Speaking on today’s RTE News at One, Mr Carruth said that O’Reilly had a good chance of winning a medal, but would now have to live with a frightful burden after failing a drug test. O’Reilly regrets listening and taking such supplement.
O’Reilly refused to name the supplement and noted that he will not contest the findings.
It emerged yesterday afternoon that Michael O’Reilly is being sent home, after he admitted in a statement released to RTÉ that he unintentionally took a supplement which may have been contaminated.
IRISH middleweight Michael O’Reilly is out of the Olympic Games.
The Olympic Council of Ireland has asked the Rio organising committee to pass on all evidence relating to the sale of black market tickets, writes Elaine Loughlin, Irish Examiner Political Reporter.
O’Reilly was considered one of Ireland’s strongest hopes for a boxing medal after winning gold at the inaugural European Games in Baku past year.
The 23-year-old O’Reilly would have fought in the middleweight division and is considered a contender in the weight class. His promising career in the Olympics has ended even before he entered the ring.
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In an interview with RTE Hickey said that, if elected, O’Brien will not serve beyond the 2020 Olympic Games and, at that point, the much maligned head of the FAI is likely to take over. Women’s tennis’ top player was.
